How to Avoid Fake H1N1 Medications

In an article from The Economist I found that it is illegal in Europe to advertise prescription drugs. They are allowed to market they’re over the counter drugs but an advertisement for a prescription drug can only be found in medical journals. It was felt that advertising prescriptions filled the heads of consumers and it could undermine the doctor’s authority. Lilly Pharmaceutical company did a two page spread on Prozac that had one page with a dark rainy sky with the words “Depression Hurts” and on the other side was a bright sunny sky with the words “Prozac can help”. (Vol.344) Prozac may be good for some people but for others it may not be the drug they need, and because of ads like that they feel the need to pressure their physician for a prescription for it.

Many believe vaccination is unnatural and weakens the body’s immune system and it should not be ‘played around with’. In 1998 a UK study suggested the MMR vaccine caused autism. They believed that the measles virus, when injected, made its way into the gut and caused Inflammatory Bowel Disease, which in turn caused developmental disorders such as autism. Some scientists have announced that many vaccinations contain both aluminium and trace amounts of mercury, which when mixed together cause Extreme Synergistic Toxicity. Parents against immunisation believe their children should rely on their natural immunity and argue that if each generation is immunised, every future generation will have no natural immunity.

Still there are people who doubt vaccinations and bring up what vaccinations can do to negatively affect a person. Vaccinations have, in very rare cases, lead to serious and sometimes fatal side effects, but the chances of getting the side effects from the vaccinations are much lower than actually contracting the disease if not vaccinated. According the website vaccines.procon.org it states “According to the CDC, all vaccines carry a risk of a life-threatening allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) in about one per million children” (Vaccines pros and Cons). After evaluating the article, the correct statistic implicated by the CDC shows the real risk of life threatening side effects. The risks of vaccinations are so low that people who have vaccinated themselves or vaccinating their children do not have to worry about the risks.

The film focuses on exposing the problem of the lack of governmental regulations to protect patients against the pharmaceutical companies in the United States, especially the hemophilic community. Patients with hemophilia had access to medication that would control their disease, however, that treatment was contaminated and would eventually cost them their lives. The film has one goal and that is to expose one of the worse outbreaks of diseases in the United States. It achieves its goal by putting emphasis on the fact that many lives could have been saved if someone had listened and stopped the pharmaceutical companies who were looking to make a profit out of their newly created “miracle”

When getting a shot, a person does not think of what is in it; all they know is that it is supposed to help them. However, studies show that many vaccines contain formaldehyde, aluminum hydroxide, and mercury that can be harmful to the human body. In spite of the toxic ingredients, the government advises everyone to get the flu shot to keep safe, but how safe is it really? Studies have shown that the famous flu vaccines, Fluzone, Flulaval, and Fluvirin contained dangerous amounts of mercury, and the virus that many doctors claim to be “inactivated”. Although many brochures say the virus is dead, the truth is, the virus is actually dormant and can affect many people in different ways.

In today’s times how do we still have the flu? The flu, or influenza, is a very complex virus. We cannot just give you a shot, and you will never get the flu again. Many other diseases can be cured or prevented via vaccination, but not the flu. Why?

One should make the decision to get the swine flu vaccine based on one’s age and current medical condition. It is highly recommended that children and people to the age of twenty-four years-old receive the swine flu vaccine, because they have weaker immunity levels. It is best to ask a doctor which decision is preferred. The goal of health professionals is to eliminate the H1N1 virus as a global health threat, and to allow it to become a mere virus that can be prevented by proper vaccinations.

“It is the age of consumerism. It convinces consumers that they need drugs that they might not need, that they need some drugs at all.” said Marcia Angell former editor and chief of The New England Journal of Medicine. Advertisement of medication has been ban in every country except America and New Zealand with the exception of Canada which allows drug advertisements only as reminders. 5% of the world 's population lives within the United states, yet it accounts for 42% of global prescription drug spending. “Advertisement to the general public should… not generally be permitted for prescription drugs.” was a statement released by the World Health Organization.

In the article “The Dangers of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising” the author Lori Glass writes about the current issues today regarding advertisements for prescription medication on television. Glass’s main argument is that direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising for prescription medicine on television is harmful and manipulative to Americans. Some people would say that DTC advertisements aren’t harmful just simply made to inform people about drugs that are out there that could help with their current medical problem and what better way to do it than on television that millions of Americans watch daily. The goal of DTC advertisements is to educate people about the illness’s that are out there and the drug options. Also it’s said that maybe if patients

What they did accomplish however; was triggering an explosion of blood borne disease throughout the country. Since we now know that providing access to sterile syringes has been shown to limit the transmission of viral and bacterial infections among users who currently cannot or will not stop their illicit behavior, we should take action to remove access barriers. Even as more and more people come around to realization that clean needles are a part of the solution not the problem, antiquated laws prevent the sale and distribution of these lifesaving tools. Shar... ... middle of paper ... ...ringe Source, Disposal, and Pharmacy Sales in Harlem, New York." Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 42.0 (2002): S77-82.